1 Winter 520
Heading out from the gate and into the peripheries of Lhavit and the surrounding wilds, Moritz looked about. He was at least dressed this time, not immediately intending to shift into his kelvic form, and was wearing his boots and other clothing. He also had his pack in his back, but this was mostly empty and more in case he needed to stow his things inside.
The last time he had been out of the city quite a few things had occurred. Things involving his guide, a boar, and various other animals. And a woman, one Moritz had not met before, whom seemed to understand what Mortiz meant and said even in his Okomo form.
He was unsure why, but the woman had asked him to join her again on this day, the first of winter, and so he had headed outside of the city to see why. He had helped her boar ally, but he did not think that was the whole thing. Perhaps she just wanted to meet an Okomo? Or maybe something more was going on... Moritz was unsure, but knew something of interest was to happen.
And still in his mind he saw the same thing, the glint of light, the flash of illumination from the depth of Aja and her animal companions. Each had been marked by the same oddly glowing eyes, sometimes brightly lit and sometimes not but all marked in the same way. It had intrigued Moritz, and he wanted to learn more of it. Which was another reason he had come when asked.
Looking around Moritz tried to find Aja, but did not see her about. After a few moments he did however notice a dog off to the side of the gate, lazing out in the sun much as Naymon liked to do. As the dog saw him exiting and looking about it had risen and turned. As it did Moritz saw the same sudden glint of light as the hounds eyes went from normal to lit in an unusual fashion.
Heading over Moritz puzzled for a moment, unsure what to do, when he settled on speaking.
"Uh, hello. Not sure if we met before. But I met some other dogs like you with eyes like that. I'm here to see Aja. Do you know where she is."
For a few moments the dog stared at Moritz, and then turned and began to walk off. Moritz considered this for a moment, before realizing the dog wanted him to follow. Aja then was somewhere nearby? Though how she had gotten a dog to follow commands well enough that it could know to wait for a certain person and to bring that person back to them... Well Moritz was at a loss as to how that had been done. More and more interesting Mortiz found things to be.
With that Moritz followed the dog in silence, watching where it was taking him. As they walked Mortiz heard a sound from overhead, the cry of a bird of prey, something he suddenly recalled hearing about Aja and before he had met her.
WC: 521